SHEEP STEALING CHARGE
JURY AGAIN. DISAGREE
'By Telegraph, Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 31. - After a Hearing which extended over three days in the Supreme Court, the case in which Gilbert William Lewis was charged with stealing twenty sheep valued at and, alternatively with receiving them knowing them to have been dishonestly obtained, was noo brought to finality. The jury after retiring at -5.55, returned at 10.20, the foreman stating that there was no prospect of an agreement. Twenty-five • witnesses were called during the hearing of the case, which attracted considerable interest, partly on account of the fact that a new trial was ordered at the last session, when two members of the jury were found in a hotel bar with witnesses for the defence, and also on account of the fact that the accused alleged that the police had procured a faked statement, and that it was alleged by -the Crown, that. Lewis broke down fenees-in order to photograph them for the purposes of the case. A third trial - will begin on Monday.
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1930, Page 3
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174SHEEP STEALING CHARGE Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1930, Page 3
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